{"id":98115,"date":"2015-05-03T23:19:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T04:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=98115"},"modified":"2015-05-03T23:19:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T04:19:59","slug":"the-hobbit-blu-ray-trilogy-with-bilbos-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2015\/05\/03\/98115-the-hobbit-blu-ray-trilogy-with-bilbos-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit Blu-Ray Trilogy with Bilbo’s Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ringer TheHutt, editor of the Russian LotR and Hobbit site Henneth-Annun, laid his hands on this exclusive German release of “The Hobbit” trilogy. Not only\u00a0are\u00a0all three of the movies\u00a0included in steelbook packaging, but there is also a bonus inclusion: “Bilbo’s Journal”, a notebook in the style of Bilbo’s diary which eventually became the Red Book of Westmarch.<\/p>\n

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The German BluRays contain English audio, subtitles and menus, and the BluRays are region-free, meaning they are playable worldwide. There is a 2D and a 3D version of this set.<\/p>\n

The trilogy is contained in a sturdy glossy slipcase. The title is embossed. The lower part with the German FSK age rating logo is a removable techsheet. When purchasing in a MediaMarkt retail store, there was a coin from the European premiere of The Hobbit 2 in Berlin as a gift.\"01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The tech sheet is attached with some glue dots which are easily removable. The discs are region free and contain English and German in DTS-HDMA 7.1.\"02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The spine. The title is embossed here as well.<\/p>\n

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The other spine (open). There are 3 steelbooks and Bilbo’s Journal in the slipcase. The fit is quite tight. \u00a0OCD terror! Behold the placement of the titles and the studio logos. They don’t really fit at all.<\/p>\n

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The back side shows a fragment of the Map of Middle-Earth, with the Misty Mountains.\"07\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The single steelbooks are revealed: Front of AUJ: Bilbo with Gollum in his cave. While the back has \"09\"<\/a>Gandalf the Grey.\"10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The German discs are the only ones worldwide with color disc labels. The inside of the steelbook is printed with the map of Middle-Earth.\"11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Part 2: “The Desolation of Smaug”. Gandalf in Dol Guldur takes the front cover while Tauriel, Legolas \"12\"<\/a>\"13\"<\/a>and Thranduil in the Elven fortress in Mirkwood are on the back.<\/p>\n

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The discs are once again printed in color. The inside shows Bilbo in Mirkwood.\"14\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Part 3: “The Battle of the Five Armies”. Bard is facing Smaug on the front, while Bilbo in Dale, just about \"15\"<\/a>to put on the Ring is on the back.\"16\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The discs are printed in color. The inside shows a panorama view of burning Laketown.\"17\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And now for the most important part of this set: a notebook in the design of Bilbo’s Diary which was to become the Red Book of Westmarch. The front side looks really good.\"18\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The back side is rather plain.<\/p>\n

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There are\u00a0some surprises inside: there is Bilbo’s portrait, as well as some doodles from his diary.<\/p>\n

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The next page contains Thorin’s map.<\/p>\n

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The rest of the pages are empty and are adorned with ornaments from the handle of Bilbo’s sword, Sting.<\/p>\n

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And another map: Map of Wilderland. The maps, the doodles and the portrait were drawn by Daniel Reeve, calligrapher of the films.<\/p>\n

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Still, the front views of the single steelbooks look quite good together.<\/p>\n

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